We are pleased to announce that Marcus Conrad, spokesperson of our DFG funded Priority Program SPP 2306, has received the prestigious Foundation ARC Léopold Griffuel Prize for Translational and Clinical Research!

The ARC Foundation Research Award recognizes outstanding contributions to cancer research and highlights the importance of scientific quality, collaborative approaches, and long‑term research perspectives. This award reflects the value of interdisciplinary cooperation and joint scientific efforts. Principles that are also central to the work and structure of SPP 2306.

We warmly congratulate Marcus Conrad on this well‑deserved honor!

The official ARC Foundation portrait and award announcement are available here:

Portrait of Marcus Conrad

Research Awards ceremony (French)

We also congratulate Raphaël Rodriguez, Deputy Director of the Chemistry and Biology of Cancer Unit at Institut Curie and co‑recipient of the Fondation ARC Léopold Griffuel Prize for Translational and Clinical Research! You may remember him as one of the invited speakers at our last SPP meeting.

Portrait of Raphaël Rodriguez